1.01 Izvirni znanstveni članek
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Marko Jesenšek: Margareta Puhar in slovenski (učni) jezik. Časopis za zgodovino in
narodopisje, Maribor 89=54(2018), 3, str. 91–114

Margareta Puhar je v Mariboru nadaljevala Slomškovo skrb za duhovno oblikovanje
in rast mladine ter njeno izobraževanje − leta 1864 je ustanovila mariborsko podružnico
šolskih sester, leta 1869 pa še samostojno materno hišo, v kateri so šolske sestre
skrbele za vzgojo in izobraževanje revnih mariborskih deklic; med letoma 1869 in
1881 je bila prva predstojnica kongregacije šolskih sester v Mariboru. Prizadevala si
je za prestižnost slovenskega učnega jezika v materni hiši Slomškovih šolskih sester,
čeprav v nemško govorečem Mariboru nemška oblast temu ni bila naklonjena. Z načelom
postopnosti je dosegla, da so mestne oblasti v »njenem« vrtcu, osnovni šoli in
na učiteljišču dovolile vzporedne slovenske razrede in jim podelile položaj javnega izobraževanja.
Prva v Mariboru je vključila v vzgojo in izobraževanje domoljubna čustva,
ki so mladini postala dobro izhodišče za oblikovanje zavesti o slovenski nacionalni
identiteti. Vzgoja, ki jo je zagovarjala Margareta Puhar, je temeljila na takem pozitivnem
domoljubju, in je otroke spodbujala za sporazumevanje v slovenskem jeziku.

1.01 Original Scientific Article
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Marko Jesenšek: Margareta Puhar and Slovene (as a Teaching) Language. Review for
History and Ethnography, Maribor 89=54(2018), 3, pp. 91–114

In Maribor, Margareta Puhar continued with Slomšek’s care for spiritual shaping and
growth of the youth and its education. In 1864, she founded the Maribor subsidiary of the School Sisters and in 1869 an independent maternity home, in which the School
Sisters educated poor girls from Maribor. Between 1869 and 1881, she was the first
prioress of the congregation of the School Sisters in Maribor. She strived for the prestige
of the Slovene language as a teaching language in the maternity home of Slomšek’s
School Sisters, even though the German authorities in German-speaking Maribor were
not very fond of it. She gradually achieved that the city authorities allowed parallel
Slovene classes in “her” kindergarten, primary school and teachers’ college and that
these institutions became part of public education. As the first one in Maribor, she
included patriotic feelings in the education and these feelings were a good starting
point for shaping youth’s awareness of the Slovene national identity. Margareta Puhar’s
education was based on such a positive patriotism and she encouraged children to
communicate in the Slovene language.
Key words: Margareta Puhar, congregation